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Brooklet Elementary

➤ Mascot: Yellow Jackets➤ Principal: Marlin Baker➤ Assistant Principal: Christy Inman

School Achievements • NamedaRewardSchoolby the Georgia Department ofEducationforbeingdes-ignatedasoneofthe78highest-performing schools in the state.• LaceyCrosbyandAutumnNesmithwonfirstplaceforCaseModificationatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair. • AnnaForbesandCarolineMitchell won first place in Non-animatedGraphicDesignatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFairandadvancedtostate.• Hosted17thAnnualPumpkinParadeintheBrookletcommunity.• BESMathTeamcaptured3rdplaceoverallinthePennySikesMathematicsTournament.• MorganDebrahplacedfirstintheBullochCountyYoungGeorgiaAuthorsContest.KailynMcDuffieandGraceKazakplacedsecond.• Thirty-sevenBESartstu-dentswereselectedtodisplayartworkattheAverittCenterfortheArtsduringthemonthofJanuary2013.• RyanSikesandBoThompsonwereselectedtorepresent Brooklet Elementary intheGSUArtExtravaganza.TheirartworkwasdisplayedattheCollegeofEducationthroughthefallof2012.• Sixstudentsplacedatthe2013RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.SarahBissoplacedthirdinDigitalVideoProduction.LaceyCrosbyandMadisonPatrickplacedfirstin Digital Photography.

KailynMcDuffieplacedsec-ondinMultimediaApplications.ZachPatrickplacedsecondinMultimediaApplications.ZaneHawkinsplacedfirstinWeb2.0InternetApplicationsandfirstinTechnologyLiteracy.• Mrs.JandaNelsonandMs.JulieChildersreceivedaFoundationforPublicSchoolEducationinBullochCountyMini-Grant.ThegrantfundedtheuniqueDr.SeussShoppingVillageforBESfirstgraders.• Mrs.HeatherBridgesandMrs.HillaryZeiglerwereselectedasWTOCTopTeachers.

Julia P. Bryant Elementary

➤ Mascot: Bears➤ Principal:NathanPennington➤ Assistant principals: MichelleCurtisandLaurieMascolo (part-time)

School Achievements • ThenewStatesboroExchangeClub“FreedomShrine”wasunveiledthatfea-turesmorethan30docu-mentsfromAmericanhistory.• KianDeVinewonfirstplace in Photography, Emily WilliamswonfirstplaceinCaseModification,SarahHarveywonfirstplaceinPhotography,MadelynWolfeandBrookeStanselwonfirstplaceinDigitalVideoProduction,WillKingwonfirstplaceinNon-multimediaApplications,DavisVasilatoswon first place in Project ProgrammingandDavidLippincottwonfirstplaceinRoboticsatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.

Langston Chapel Elementary

➤ Mascot:LangstontheLion➤ Principal: Dr. Karen Doty➤ Assistant principal: Tanita Peak

School Achievements • GeorgiafirstladySandraDealspokeselectedLCMSasone of eight press conference sitesacrossthestatetolaunchherschoolbussafetycam-paign,“StopMeansStop.”BullochCountywasselectedbecauseofitsmodelschoolbussafetyrecordandtrainingprogram.• LaunchedtheSharingtheAcademicResponsibility(STAR)campaignforparents.• Sen.JackHill,R-Reidsville,readtoprekindergartenclass-es to help celebrate Georgia Pre-KWeek.• MatthewPerrywonfirstplacein3-DModelingforthethird-fourthgradedivision,KirkWilkersonwonfirstplaceinMultimediaApplicationsforthethird-gradedivision,OscarNuñezwonfirstplaceinMultimediaApplicationforthefourth-gradedivision,Eletria Biswas won first place intheTechnologyLiteracyChallengeforthethird-fourthgradedivision,andNvjaGaines won first place in the LiteracyChallengeforthefifth-sixthgradedivisionatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair.• ProvidedCubClub,anafter-schooltutoringprogramforkindergartenthroughsec-ondgradestudents,whichisfundedbya21stCenturyCommunitiesLearningCenters Grant. Program to serve80kindergartenthroughsecond-gradestu-dents.• Achievedthehighestfifth-grademathfactsfluencywith-inthedistrictat99percent.• Had15students,thesec-ond-highestofanyotherpar-ticipating school, to place eitherfirst,secondorthirdintheFirstAnnualBullochCountyRegionalTechnologyFair.

Mattie Lively Elementary

➤ Mascot: Eagles➤ Principal:JenniferQuick➤ Assistant Principal:

CarolynVasilatosSchool Achievements

• SuccessfullyrelocatedtothenewMattieLivelyElementarySchool.• Kickedoff“ReadingUndertheRooftop”tomotivatestu-dentstoincreasetheirread-ingaverages.• TerryReaves,areamanag-er for Georgia Power Co. andWayneGrimes,theutili-ty’senergyeducationcoordi-natorfortheCoastalRegion,presentedRachelPritcharda$1,000NewTeacherAssistancegrant.Pritchard,arecentgraduateofGeorgiaSouthernUniversity,isaspe-cialeducationteacher.• BryceWesterfieldwonfirstplaceinMultimediaApplicationatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.

Mill Creek Elementary

➤ Mascot:Mustangs➤ Principal:PatrickHill➤ Assistant Principal: Debra Minick

School Achievements• A.J.ScottwasgrantedhiswishbytheMake-A-WishFoundationtoseetheFloridaStateSeminolesplayinthe2012OrangeBowl.• TheFifthGradeMathTeamwontheOverallTeamAwardatthe2012PennySikesMathTournament.TheFifthGradeCipheringTeamwonfirstplace,andAshleyNohwon first place in the fifth gradeindividualcategory.• JoniAycock,mediaspe-cialist,wasselectedbytheGeorgiaAssociationofInstructionalTechnologyandtheGeorgiaLibraryMediaAssociationasthe2012LibraryMediaSpecialistofthe Year for the Coastal Georgia District.

Nevils Elementary

➤ Mascot:JuniorJackets➤ Principal:JulieBlackmar➤ Assistant Principal: JustinChester

School Achievements• LaylaMartinwonthe2012BullochCountySpellingBee. • Kindergartenthroughfifth-gradestudentscreatedacol-orfulmosaicnamed“OurTree”underthedirectionoflocalartistandNESparentLauraLingle.• LibbyWilliamsandMadisonMartinwonfirstplaceinthethird-fourthgradedivisionoftheWeb2.0InternetApplications,andHaileyHerringwonfirstplaceforthe5-6divisionatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair.

Portal Elementary

➤ Mascot: Panthers➤ Principal:PaulHudson➤ Assistant Principal: LaurieMascolo(parttime)

School Achievements• Prekindergartenthroughsecond-gradestudentstook

part in a two-week program attheStatesboroRegionalLibrarytopromoteinterestinreading.• AbigailScarboroughwonfirst place in the state for her gradelevelintheJimmyCarterNHSEducationProgram.• TheschoolhelditsfirstBookCharacterParade.• First-throughfifth-gradestu-dentscompetedintheSecondAnnualScienceOlympiad.• ReidThompsonwonfirstplaceforAnimatedGraphicDesignandSloanAubreywonfirstplaceinNon-animatedGraphicDesignatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair.

Sallie Zetterower Elementary

➤ Mascot:Cardinal➤ Principal:ToddWilliford➤ Assistant Principal: HopeSumner

School Achievements• EdmondBlandwonthefifthgrade2012AmericanHistoryEssayContestspon-soredbytheArchibaldBullochChapteroftheDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolution.JoshuaRawls,RobertLloyd,HarrisonHughesandGavinWhitealsoplacedinthecontest.• SallieZetterowerElementary was the winner of theStatesboroRegionalLibrary’sSummerReadersCupforthesecondyearinarow.•ElizabethBennettreceivedtheAverittCenterSummerScholarship.•KevinDavoudwonfirstplaceforthirdgradeintheYoungGeorgiaAuthorscon-test.

Stilson Elementary

➤ Mascot:Stingers➤ Principal:PamGoodman➤ Assistant Principal: JustinChester

School Achievements• PamGoodmanwasnamedthe school’s new principal.• MadisonIsomandJerriMcBridewonfirstplaceforAnimatedGraphicDesigncategory at the 2012 RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.

Langston Chapel Middle

➤ Mascot:BlueDevils➤ Principal: Dr. E. Bonnie Gamble➤ Assistant Principal: ChadProsser

School Achievements• NamedaRewardSchoolby the Georgia Department ofEducationforbeingidenti-fiedasoneofthetop156“HighestProgress”schoolsinthe state.• MarielleAnduyanwonfirstplaceintheseventhgradecategoryoftheAmericanHistoryEssayContestspon-soredbytheArchibaldBullochChapteroftheDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolution.KevinChenwon

2 – StateSboro herald — Sunday, February 24, 2013 | statesboroherald.com community pride 2013

“Trinity has been more than just a school to me. It’s a place where I feel safe. I

have many friends, and have made great relationships with the teachers that I plan

to keep even as I graduate. Not only, Trinity has given me the opportunity

to learn a lot about the world, and a lot about our Creator. Trinity is a school I would suggest going to as a safe haven

filled with kind teachers, great education with Christian principles,and a place where you can be yourself. Without

Trinity, I wouldn’t be the man that I am today. I will always remember Trinity and highly recommend it to everyone who wants to know more about our

grand Creator, God.”Randy Channell • Class of 2013

• K4 - 12th Grade • Accredited by the Georgia

Accrediting Commission • Above State and National

averages in SAT scores • Brand New Athletic Facility &

Science Labs • 1st - 8th Grade scored 90% or better on ITBS the last 3 years

• Kindergarten consistently scores in the 99% on ITBS

• Half-Day Pre-K from 8:30am - 12:00pm

• College Preparatory with Dual Enrollment Options

• Bible taught at all grade levels • AP classes in Calculus, English

Literature and Composition, Physics, and U.S. History

Trinity Christian School • 571 East Main StreetStatesboro, GA 30461 • 912.489.1375

Visit us on the web at www.tcsstatesboro.com

for the 2013-2014 School Year

Students, teachers have plenty of reasons to be proud

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At a mock auto accident during the Ghost Out at Statesboro High on March 23, Trey Miller of the Georgia State Patrol escorts a handcuffed Lindsay Cork, 18, who was portraying a driver under the influence of alcohol at the center of the fatal wreck.


Nevils Elementary School fifth grader Layla Martin, 11, is all smiles after spelling the word “independence” to win the 2012 Bulloch County Schools Annual Spelling Bee at Julia P. Bryant Elementary School.

Education

Bulloch schools shine

Revolution.KevinChenwonsecondplace.• Eighth-gradeteacherJamellehCoeswasnamedthe2014BullochCountyTeacher of the Year.• Boys’BasketballTeamcap-turedthe2012CoastalEmpireRegionChampionshipforthesecondtimeinfouryears.• SixthGradeMathTeamwontheOverallTeamAwardatthe2012PennySikesMathTournament.TheSixthGradeMathCipheringTeamwonfirstplace,andMorganBrown won first place in the sixthgradeindividualcatego-ry.• LindaWade,“Y”Clubadviser,wasawardedtheJimWhiteDistinguishedServiceAwardbytheStateYMCAofGeorgia.• GeorjLewiswonfirstplacein3-Dmodeling,JamesKirklandwonfirstplaceinAnimatedGraphicDesign,AlexisCribbwonfirstplacein Photography, Jaslyn Joseph andNajaDuhartwonfirstplaceinDigitalVideoProduction,KevinGaoandCarlos Diaz won first place in Non-animatedGraphicDesignatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.• MicahKartchnerwonfirstplaceintheeighth-gradeVocabularycategoryofthe2012NanRushingWrite-off.ShekinahSmithwonfirstplaceinthesixth-gradeCapitalization/Punctuationcategory.

Southeast Bulloch Middle

➤ Mascot: Yellow Jackets➤ Principal: Donna Clifton➤ Assistant Principal: MiltonWilliams

School Achievements• AmyCooperwonthegoldmedalintheIllustratedTalkCategoryattheStateSTARLeadershipConference.Cooperadvancedtothe

NationalFCCLAConference,whereshealsowonthegoldmedal.• WontheOverallBestTeamTrophyforthe27thAnnualNanRushingWrite-Offin2012.Studentssweptallthefirst-placeawardsintheLanguageExpressionandtheMental Concentration catego-riesforsixth-eighthgrades.ChyannHole,JohathanSaviskisandJohnStrickland;andSkylarShuman,WyattTurner,andEricRiggswerethestudentwinnersrespective-ly.MadiBlackburnwonfirstplaceinsixth-gradeVocabulary,LaineyForbeswon first place in eighth-gradeSpelling,MorganGriffinwonfirstplaceinsev-enth-gradeLanguageUsage,SkylarShumanwonfirstplaceinsixth-gradeMentalConcentration.• EmilyBarnardwonfirstplace in the Georgia MunicipalAssociation’s“IfIWereMayor”EssayContest.• MathteacherMaryJoneswasfeaturedintheeditor’sarticleofGeorgiaCouncilofTeachers of Mathematics “SteppingontheNumbers”Fall 2012.• Cheerleaderswonthirdplace at the Gamecock Challenge at Eagle Creek 2012,secondplaceintheVidaliaSweetOnionClassicandthirdplaceinRegion.• Thesoftballteamwasthe2012Regionrunner-up.• ThefootballteamwastheRegionrunner-up.• LayniMillerwonfourthplaceintheStatePeanutRecipecontestattheGeorgiaNationalFair.• AmyCooperwonsecondplaceintheFCCLABrochureDesign contest at the Georgia NationalFair.• Allfiveapplicantsforhonorbandwereaccepted:AndreaAppleton,BriannaEllis,HannahFordham,JonathanSaviskasandNicholasThorn.• Theschooldonated188

cansoffoodtotheFoodBank.• DrewRobertsonwonfirstplace in the Geography Bee, andBraxtonSiscowasrun-ner-up.• TheQuizBowlteamwastheRegionrunner-up.Membersare:AndreaAppleton,ZachClifton,HannahFordham,CollinGawthrop,JosephHam,JennyHeller,AndreMartin,HunterMcDowell,JosephMuldrew,andWyattTurner.• AllenDavis,ChristinaKahleyandXavierYoungpar-ticipatedintheArtExtravaganza.• MeganDiefenbachwastheEagleNationinEducationrunner-up.• NickThorneplacedfirstattheRegionalStudentTechnologyFairandwillattendStateTechFair.AmberBaconwonthirdPlaceatthetech fair.

William James Middle

➤ Mascot: Knights➤ Principal: Mike Yawn➤ Assistant Principal: TonyNatson

School Achievements• AlexWagnerwonsecondplaceinthe2012AmericanHistoryDARCompetition.• JulieMuldrewreceivedtheArtsSummerScholarshipfromtheAverittCenterfortheArts.• KelseyFallin’sartworkwasselectedbyGeorgiaSouthernUniversity’sEagleNationinEducationpublicartprojectasthenextdesignintheEagleNationonParade.Fallin will work with an artist tobringherworktolife,andthe Eagle will come to nest at WJMS.• Thebaseballteamwonitsfirst-everCoastalEmpireRegionChampionship.• CalebDealwonfirstplacefor3-Dmodelingatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.

• MarielleAnduyanandDariusDeloachwonfirstplaceinCaseModificationatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair. • NoahCaplingerandJohnDesideriowonfirstplaceinDigitalVideoProductionatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair. • Dong-KyunandAidanOwenswonfirstplaceinMultimediaApplicationatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnology Fair. • Sweptallfirst-placeawardsforthesixth-,seventh-andeighth-gradedivisionsintheWritingCategoryofthe2012NanRushingWrite-off.WinnerswereElizabethDiamandruas,AshleyWilliamsandSamPollack.DeShaunaWilliamswonfirstplaceinseventh-gradeVocabulary.AngelaZhaowonfirstplaceinseventh-gradeSpelling.MadelynFennelwonfirstplaceinsixth-gradeLanguageUsage,andKatherine Price won first placefortheeighth-gradedivisionofthatcategory.NickThornewonfirstplaceinsev-enth-gradeCapitalization/Punctuation.

Portal Middle/ High School

➤ Mascot: Panthers➤ Principal:ShawnHaralson➤ Assistant Principal: StephenHoyle

School Achievements• JosephLockleysignedalet-ter of intent to play football forGeorgiaStateUniversity.• JosieBarnes,LoganStephensandRyanRogerswereamongonly12studentsin the state to pass both sec-tionsoftheNationalFFAOrganization’sGreenIndustryJuniorCertificationExam.• “ADayforJamesBostic”washeldtoraisemoneyforastudentinneed.

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“Challenging, Teaching and NurturingTomorrow’s Leaders Today”

The Area’s Premier Educational InstitutionDual Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and School and the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SACS/SAIS); Accredited “with quality” by Georgia Accrediting Commission. All faculty members are fully certified or in the process of certification through the Georgia Professional Standards Commission; 15 have advanced degrees; 27 have 10 or more years of teaching experience.

College Preparatory Curriculum• Class of 2012 - Average SAT score -1556 (Bulloch County School System average was 1404, state average was 1452 354995, national average was 1498) - Composite ACT score - 21.6 (Bulloch County School System average was 18.4, state average was 20.7, national average was 21.1)

Of the 30-student graduating glass of 2012, most were awarded funds to help pay for this post-secondary education. Some of thescholarships received by BA students were the Zell Miller Scholarship, the HOPE Scholarship, the National Beta Club Scholarship, the Planters EMC Scholarship and academic/athletic scholarships to GeorgiaSouthern University, Furman University and Baylor University.Other colleges and universities that graduating seniors attend are the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, College of Charleston, University of Alabama, East Georgia University.

Five Advanced Placement (AP) courses• Senior-to-Sophomore Program in Pre-Calculus and Calculus• The Bible taught in Upper School Literature classes• Science Laboratories for Upper and Middle Schools• SMART boards in all classrooms• Three computer laboratories (Lower, Upper/Middle, Media Center)• Advanced Learning Support for Students• ACCEL program with GSU for juniors and seniors • CAMPS (Computer, Art, Music, Physical Education, Spanish) for all lower-school classes• AIM (Accelerating Inquisitive Minds) for all lower and middle-school classes• Strings program (Violin) for elementary music program• Strings program (Guitar) for high school music program• Robotics Team in high school• New primary and elementary-school playgrounds.

Low student-teacher ratio• Current enrollment of 497 in PreK4-12• Small class size, which is more conducive to individualized instruction & attention• Two classes per grade level• Parapros in PreK, K & 1st grade• Partnership with Oe Dae Language School in Seoul, South Korea for English Language Infusion Program

Exceptional athletic and co-curricular programs for girls & boys

32 varsity and middle school teams; nine parent-sponsored elemen-tary athletic teams. Bulloch Academy competes in the highest level (Class AAA) of the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA).

• New tennis courts• New multi-purpose building for wrestling, cheerleading and physical education classes• Weight-room expansion• Archery for middle, elementary and high school

• Skeet Shooting Team to form in Fall 2013

Varsity: In the past five years, BA has had seven state champion-ships (competition cheerleading, wrestling, girls’ tennis, girls’ and boys’ track, seven state runners-up (wrestling, girls’ basketball, girls’ and boys’ track, girls’ cross country and competition cheerleading), eight ‘Final Four’ appearances, eight ‘Elite Eight’ appearances and won 12 region titles

Middle School: In the past five years, BA has had the ‘undefeated and unofficial’ state champions in girls’ track, the East Georgia Middle School champions (girls’ and boys’basketball) and 28-8 in football. Competing with local and area public school teams.

Small-school atmosphere• Students in lower, middle and upper school interact frequently, which fosters family atmosphere among all students and faculty members• School-wide mentoring programs• School-wide assemblies and pep rallies• Parent volunteerism encouraged• Annual class trips and numerous field trips• Class musical programs• Students have the opportunity to participate, achieve and excel in multiple sports and co-curricular activities.

Scholarships Available

Through the Georgia GOAL (Greater Opportunities for Access to

Learning) Scholarship program, we can offer partial scholarships to Georgia residents currently enrolled in a Georgia public school (K-9) who wish to attend Bulloch Academy.

REGISTER NOW for 2013-14 School Year

873 Westside Road • Statesboro, Georgia • (912) 764-6297 • www.bul lochacademy.com


Ron Washington is The Cat in the Hat as the musical the-ater class from Statesboro High gives an abridged version of “Seussical the Musical” at the Statesboro Regional Library in March 2012.


Langston Chapel Middle School teacher Jamelleh Coes passes out milk and snacks during the 21st Century after-school program in October 2012. Coes was named Bulloch County Teacher of the Year.

Education

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Statesboro High senior Supriya Immaneni and teacher Richard McCombs are named the regional STAR student/teacher during a banquet at Georgia Southern University in March 2012.


Mattie Lively Elementary School parents, teachers, and stu-dents explore the nearly-completed new school building in May 2012. The school’s Parent Teacher Organization held their last meeting of the current year at the new facility and more than 200 people showed up, including some retired teachers, according to principal Jennifer Quick. “We wanted to include an open house with the meeting, and apparently word got out.”

Photos by SCOTT BRYANT/Herald File

Above, Nevils Elementary School fifth-grader Madeleine Adams, 10, right, describes the construction process of her computer case modification project to judges Jane Stanley, far left, and Sandra Neal during the regional student Technology Fair at Julia P. Bryant Elementary School in January 2013. Adams built a barn to house her laptop com-puter to contrast the old way of storing things verses the new way. “We used to use barns to store everything we needed. Now we use computers,” she explained. Below, a closer look at the barn.

• AbbieHookswonaGoodCitizenAwardgivenbytheArchibaldBullochChapteroftheDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolution.• StudentsparticipatedintheJuniorAchievementProgramofGeorgiaseven-weekunit“CareerswithaPurpose.”• TheDramaTeamwonsec-ondplaceattheRegion2-AOne-ActPlayCompetition.• Themiddleschoolgirls’teamwontheSoutheastGeorgiaMiddleSchoolLeagueRegionChampionship,andthemid-dleschoolboysteamwasregionrunner-up.• FaithReddickandCaitlynGirardeaucompetedintheSoutheastGeorgiaRegionMiddleSchoolGolfChampionshipsatGordonia-AltamahaStateParkandwonfirst place.• Theschoolboardrecog-nizedAssistantCafeteriaManagerAnnieLovettandCafeteria Manager Patsy Hendrixfortheirrolesintheschoolbeingawardedacer-tificate of accomplishment from the Georgia Department ofEducation.• Dr.ThomasMarshall,agri-culturalscienceteacher,isnowaGeorgiaCertifiedPlant Professional after com-pletingatrainingandexami-nationprocessthissummerattheUniversityofGeorgia’sGriffinCampus.• TheFFAMeatsEvaluationTeamwontheGeorgiaFFAMeatsEvaluation&Technology Career DevelopmentEvent.• ChrisCrosswonfirstplaceintheeighth-gradeCapitalization/Punctuationcategoryofthe2012NanRushingWrite-off.• KylerScottadvancedtothestateFFASTAREventandreceivedasilvermedalinthecategoryofNutritionandWellness.• EachofthesevenPMHSstudentswhoparticipatedinthe20124-HDistrictProjectAchievementplacedinthetop three with more than 400 studentscompeting.AnsleyMorris,FirstPlace,Rabbits;Cayla Morris, First Place, GeneralRecreation;KacySmith,FirstPlace,Arts;PiperJones,SecondPlace,PorkProduction;BrantSmith,SecondPlace,PerformingArts;PaytonThompson,SecondPlace,DogCare&Training;andJadaPollett,ThirdPlace,Wildlife.

Southeast Bulloch High School

➤ Mascot: Yellow Jackets➤ Principal: Dr. Trey Robertson➤ Assistant Principals: JohnPageandJackWebb

School Achievements• Openedthenew$4.5mil-lionathleticstadium.• JamalJohnsonsignedaletter of intent to play football forGeorgiaSouthern.• KnappBoddifordandZacharyFutchparticipatedinGeorgia’sGovernor’sHonorsprogramatValdostaStateUniversity.• ShelbyBridgeswasawardeda$13,000Wal-MartFoundationScholarship.• AlexisDeniseDycheswaspresentedwiththebronzemedalforJuniorROTCbytheArchibaldBullochChapteroftheDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolution.• ForestStricklandreceivedtheGoodCitizenawardfromtheDAR,andhereceivedtheBullochCountyFarmBureauScholarship.• MicaelaWertreceivedtheYouthArtsScholarshipfromAverittCenterfortheArts.• KnappBoddifordwonfirstplaceandbecameaMaster4-HerinthePlantandSoilScienceProject.Asaresult,hewasselectedtorepresentGeorgiaattheNational4-HCongress.• SusannahLanier,agricul-turaleducator,wasoneof39individualsnationwidewhoreceivedtheTeachersTurntheKeyAward.• SalenaNeuwaradvancedtostateaftercapturingfirstplaceatGeorgiaSouthernUniversity’sNationalHistoryDay Competition.

• SEBHSLiteraryTeamwonfirstplaceintheGHSARegion3-AALiteraryCompetition.• FrancisAllenwonthe2012GeorgiaTrig-StarCompetition.• AshlynHowardwasnamedtothe16-memberAll-StateCheerleadingSquadduringtheGeorgiaCheerleadingCoachesAssociation’sCheerleaderofthe Year Competition.• TheCheerleadingSquadcapturedtheRegion1-AAAtitle.• MaryCatherineCromleywonaNationalProficiencyAwardattheAnnualNationalFFAOrganizationConvention.• TenAdvancedChorusmemberswereselectedfortheGeorgiaMusicEducatorsAssociation’sprestigiousAll-StateChorus,andthreewereselectedfortheAll-StateReadingChorus.• CasiLeeandJessicaBeardenwerenamedbothstateandnationalFCCLAChampions in the Chapter ServiceDisplayCategoryfortheir presentation on Project S.A.F.E.,acommunityserviceeventtheyorganizedalongwith classmates from their school’sstudentcouncilandFFAchapters.Theeventfea-turedBullochCounty’spublicsafetyproviders,whoeducat-edfamiliesonfarmsafety,fire safety, electrical safety andmore.Theyadvancedtonationals after winning a GoldMedalatthestateSTARLeadershipConference.• EthanPerkinswillserveonStateSchoolSuperintendentJohnBarge’sStudentAdvisoryCouncilforthe2012-2013 school year.• TheSEBHSFFAHorseEvaluationCareerDevelopmentEventTeamwon first place at the 2012 GeorgiaHECDEcompetition.Theteamwilladvancetothenational competition in October2013.• OpenedtheGeorgeRoebuckFieldhousewhichwasrenovatedfromtheschool’sformergymnasium.• KnappBoddifordplacedfirstintheGeorgiaFFAAssociation’sArea4TractorOperationandMaintenanceCareerDevelopmentEvent.

Statesboro High School

➤ Mascot: BlueDevils➤ Principal: Dr. Marty Waters➤ Assistant Principals: Dr.KenLeCain,JulieMizellandBobbyCostlow

School Achievements• ScienceTeacherRichardMcCombswasnamedthe2013BullochCountyTeacheroftheYearandtheBullochCountyandRegionSTARTeacher.• SHSValedictorianSupriyaImmaneniwasnamedbothBullochCountyandRegionSTARStudent.• MichaelSummerssigneda letter of intent to play foot-ball for Georgia Tech.• FreddieBurdensignedaletter of intent to play football for Georgia Tech. • ReggieOwenssignedaletter of intent to play football forSouthCarolinaState.• BenLloydwasselectedfortheGeorgiaAll-StateBand.• TheBlueDevilsBandmarchedintheNationalIndependenceDayParadeinWashington,D.C.• ChandlerWeaverwontheGeorgiaSkillsUSACompetitionandadvancedtotheNationalSkillsUSAcompetition in Kansas City, Mo. • TrishaMitraandThomasSmithparticipatedinGeorgia’sGovernor’sHonorsprogramatValdostaStateUniversity.• EmilyKingsmillreceivedtheGoodCitizenAwardandabronzemedalforJuniorROTCfromtheArchibaldBullochChapteroftheDaughtersoftheAmericanRevolution.• LindsayCorkreceivedthe$2,000ChangeinActionScholarshipfromCommunitiesMobilizingforChangeonAlcohol.• Forthe10thyearina

row,theSHSScienceTeamadvancedtostatecompeti-tion.• SherwinDavoudqualifiedtoadvancetotheGeorgiaScienceandEngineeringFair.• JuniorVarsityDivisionIMath Team took first place at GeorgiaSouthernUniversity’s24thAnnualInvitationalMathematicsTournament.• TheJROTCBlueDevilBattalionreceivedthefirst-place, state championship trophyattheannualStateDrill Meet.• TheSECMEWaterBottleRocketTeamclaimeditssec-ondnationalchampionship.• ReceivedaDucksUnlimitedCharter,makingSHStheonlyhighschoolinGeorgiawithanactiveDUchapter.• LindsayCorkwonfirstplaceinphotographyandinthe literacy challenge for the 11-12divisionatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.• WhitVanTassellwonfirstplaceindigitalvideoproduc-tionandintheliteracychal-lengeatthe2012RegionalStudentTechnologyFair.• DannyGreenwaywonfirstplaceinnon-multimediaapplications at the 2012 RegionalStudentTechnologyFair. • ErectedaMemoryWallinthe school to showcase the school’s100-year-plushisto-ry.• Hostedacollegefairforstudentswithrepresentativesfrom more than 20 colleges anduniversitiesinatten-dance.• ScienceQuizBowlTeamIwon first place at the 2012 RegionScienceQuizBowl.• TheBullochCountyHistoricalSocietyplacedahistoricalmarkeroncampusin honor of the school’s 100-year-plushistory.• HostedtheEastGeorgiaMarchingBandFestival.• SHSModelUnitedNationsTeamreceivedanHonorableMentionDelegationawardattheregionalModelUnitedNationsHighSchoolcompe-titionatGeorgiaSouthernUniversity.SupriyaImmaneniwonDistinguishedDelegateintheSecurityCouncil,ElijahJacksonandRajPatelwonDistinguishedDelegationintheGeneralAssembly,andSydneyDavis&JakeOrviswonHonorableMentiondel-egation in the General Assembly.• JarrettCarteebecameaMaster4-H’er.• FormerSHSBlueDevilDeAngeloTysonplayedinSuperBowlXLVIIwiththeBaltimoreRavens.• FormerSHSBlueDevilJustinHoustonplayedintheNFLProBowlrepresentingthe Kansas City Chiefs.• TaylorSarrattsignedwithGeorgiaSouthernUniversityto play women’s soccer.• JustinMeeandLanceMangrumsignedwithAugustaStateUniversitytoplay baseball.• BoysTrackTeamwontheregion championship.• GirlsTrackTeamwontheregion championship.• AlisiaJenkinsplacedsec-ondinstateinlongjumpandeightinstateinthetriplejump.• ShaniceWalkerplacedfifth in state in the 300-meter hurdles.• Boys4x100-meterrelay(DevinBudgett,ZaquavianSmith,MichealSummers,andDeQuanDaniels)placedseventhatstatemeet.• ShaniceWalkersignedwithClaytonStateUniversity.• CourtneyReesesignedwith Brewton-Parker College.• HeatherWasdinsignedwith Brewton-Parker.•ChessTeamplacedfirstoverallinthehighschoolstandingsfortheOgeecheeRiverScholasticChessAssociation’sannualfour-tournamentseries.TeammemberJoshWrightplacedsecondfortheyearandIzellScottplacedthird.•TheSECMEVexRoboticsTeamplacedthirdnationallyandtheSECMEMousetrapTeamplacedfourthnational-ly.

Districtwide

District Achievements• TheBoardofEducationpromotedCharlesWilson,the school system’s assistant superintendentofbusinessandfinance,tosuperinten-dent.• ImplementedthenewCommon Core Georgia PerformanceStandardsandprovidedteachersandadministratorssupportbyprovidingprofessionaldevel-opment in the area of stan-dards-basedclassroominstructionanddesignatingaCCGPSimplementationspe-cialisttodirecttraining,coordinateresourcesandprovidesupportacrossallgradelevels.• Standard&Poor’supgrad-edtheschoolsystem’screditrating for general obligation bondsfromA+toAA-.• Continuedtostrategicallymanagefinancesbecauseoftheeconomicrecessionandthereductionofnearly$10millioninstateandlocalrev-enue,withlong-termcost-reductionstrategies,astrongreservefundbalance,feder-alstimulusfundsandastaffattritionformula.Thedistrictwillcontinuetofindwaystoreducecosts.• NominatedtheStatesboroHeraldforaBeaconAwardforexcellenceineducationreporting,andthenewspa-perwasawardedoneofeightoftheseawardsduringthe2012GeorgiaSchoolBoardsAssociationConference.• ProvidedspacefortheGeorgiaNetworkforEducationandTherapeuticSupport’sCedarwoodfacilitytorelocatefromEvanstoBullochCounty,thusreduc-ing the school system’s cost totransportBCS’sstudentsthatareenrolledinthepro-gram.• Completedconstructionofthe new $12 million Mattie LivelyElementarySchoolwhichopenedtostudentsAug.1,2012.• HostedwinterandspringSpecialOlympicGamesforlocalstudents.• HostedParentUniversitytoprovideworkshopsforparentsontopicssuchaspositivediscipline,cyber-safetyandpreparingforcol-lege.• Rankedeighthinthenationfortechnologyuseaccordingtoe.Republic’sCenterforDigitalEducation,theNationalSchoolBoardsAssociationand convergemag.com.• OneofthreeGeorgiaschoolsystemstopilotGov.NathanDeal’snewReachScholarship.• Receiveda$4,325dona-tionfromtheKiwanisClubforthepurchaseof54docu-ment cameras in the school system’s nine elementary schools. • BCScontributed$3,232.80towardtheAmericanDiabetesAssociation’sKiss-A-PigCampaign. • PartneredwiththeAverittCenterfortheArtstohelptransportelementaryandmiddleschoolstudentstotheAverittforfineartseducationprograms after school. • OneofsixschooldistrictsselectedforGeorgiaSouthernUniversity’sRealSTEMprogram.• TheGeorgiaSoilandWaterConservationCommissiondonatednearly800educationalbookletstothe school system’s fifth-gradestudentsandteachersincelebrationofNationalSoilStewardship.• Allfifth-gradestudentsparticipatedintheKeepBullochBeautifulprogram’sannualWaterFestivalthathelpsteachaboutnaturalresourcesandconservation.• TheBullochCountyFoundationforPublicEducationawardedmorethan $20,000 in grants to 20projectsthatweresubmit-tedbyteachersfromBullochCountySchools.• Throughthe21stCenturyCommunityLearningCentersGrant program, the Georgia BoardofEducationapprovedthecontinuationof

AmyCooperofSoutheastBullochMiddleSchoolwonthegoldmedalintheIllustratedTalkCategoryattheStateSTARLeadershipConference.CooperadvancedtotheNationalFCCLAConference, where she also won thegoldmedal.

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fundingintheamountsof$349,206forLangstonChapelElementarySchooland$346,885forLangstonChapelMiddleSchoolforfiscal year 2013, which is year two of the three-year grant. • PurchasedProfessionalDevelopment360Softwareto assist teachers in obtain-ingprofessionaldevelopmentandrecertificationonline.• PartneredwiththeBullochCountyCommissiononHealthandHumanServicesandlocalpublicsafetytoprovideeducationaleventstohighschoolstudentstopreventdrugandalcoholuseandotherriskybehav-iors.• 75percentofteachersholdadvanceddegreesandaverage15yearsofexperi-ence.• Threefacultymembersarestate teachers of the year for theirfields’professionalassociations.• SchoolDistrictandallschoolsareaccreditedbyAdvancED(SACS).• BullochCountySchoolsbusdriverGilRiggsplacedfifth in the 2012 Georgia SchoolBusRode-o.• ImplementednewU.S.DepartmentofAgricultureNutritionStandardsacrossall schools.• CelebratedNationalParent Engagement Month byconductingacampaignthatreachedouttoareachurches.• TheboardrecognizedEdwinHillofDistrict3andDavidBallofDistrict1fortheireightyearsofservicetotheBullochCountyBoardofEducation.

Charter Conservatory for

Liberal Arts & Technology

➤ Mascot: Cheetahs➤ Principal:CorlissReese➤ Assistant Principal: BarbaraReeves

School Achievements• Theschool’scharterwasrenewedforadditionalfiveyears. •StefanMintonorganizedhisownfundraiser,whichallowedhimtoerectaper-golaandpicnictables.

•KaraPembertonandKaylaSmithwerebothnominatedfortheGovernor’sHonorsProgram.•Theschoolreceiveda$70,000facilitygranttogotowardrenovationsandtransportation.•EthanReevesreceivedtheBonnerScholarshipforBerryCollege.•CCAT’senrollmentincreasedby15percentbetween December 2012 andJanuary2013.•PatrickMurpheywasa1906ScholarshiprecipientatGeorgiaSouthernUniversity.

Bulloch Academy

➤ Mascot: Gators➤ Head of School:LeisaHoughton

School achievements• Celebrating41styearasanindependent,college-pre-paratoryschoolservingthestudentsofBullochandneigh-boringcounties.• Enrollmentof498studentsin PK4-12.• MemberofGeorgiaIndependentSchoolAssociationandduallyaccreditedbytheSouthernAssociationofCollegesandSchoolsandtheSouthernAssociationofIndependentSchools;accredited“withquality”bytheGeorgiaAccreditingCommission.• Allfacultymembersarefullycertifiedorareintheprocess of certification throughGeorgiaProfessionalStandardsCommission;15haveadvanceddegreesand27teachershave10ormoreyearsofteachingexperience.• FiveAdvancedPlacementclasses—U.S.History,WorldHistoryGovernment,LiteratureandComposition,LanguageandComposition,Calculus.• ClassAAAstatecoaches’dualswrestlingchampion(2012),ClassAAAstatecom-petitioncheerleadingchampi-ons(2011),ClassAAAstaterunners-upinwrestlingandgirls’trackandfield(2011);Region4-AAAsoftballcham-pion(2011);Region3-AAAwrestlingchampions(2012);Region4-AAArunners-upingirls’crosscountry(2011).• Ofthe45-studentClassof

2013,35havealreadybeenacceptedtothecollegestheirchoiceduringtheearlyenroll-mentperiodforpostsecond-aryinstitutions.Twenty-twohavebeenacceptedatGeorgiaSouthernUniversityorarejoint-enrolledthroughtheACCELprogram.OthershavebeenacceptedattheUniversityofGeorgia(10),AuburnUniversity(four),UniversityofAlabama(three),GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,MercerUniversity,UniversityofTennessee,TheCitadel,ClemsonUniversity,EmoryUniversity,SavannahCollegeofArtandDesignandTexasA&M.Oneyoungmanisevenintherunningfora congressional appointment toWestPoint.• Ninestudentsalreadyhavereceivedscholarshipoffersforthe 2013-14 school year. TheseareAuburnPresidentialandAuburnCollegeofSciencesandMathematics(AsaJohnson),NationalMerit(Johnson),Universityof

Georgia charter (Johnson), threeUniversityofGeorgiaHonorsProgramscholarships(Johnson,AnnaMallard,MaddieMarsh),twoGeorgiaSouthernhousingscholarships(AllyCheshire,AnnaNewton),twoMercerEngineering(DerekHarrison,ChaseMerrill),anAlabamaPresidential(MitchellSmith),anawardfromAuburn(Merrill)andaSavannahCollegeofArtandDesignaward(SarahSchwager).• Fourteenstudentsarecur-rentlyeligibletoreceivetheZellMillerScholarship,whichpaysfulltuitionatanin-statepublicuniversity.Studentsmusthavea3.7gradepointaverage,scoreatleast26ontheACTand/or1200ontheSAT(criticalreadingandmath).Twenty-fourmoreareinlinefortheHOPEScholarship.Fourinternation-alstudentsarenoteligibleforeitheroftheGeorgiaresiden-tial scholarships.• OtherrecentcollegeacceptancesincludetheUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy,UniversityofOklahoma,PurdueUniversity,UniversityofIllinois,FurmanUniversity,JacksonvilleUniversity,UniversityofMississippiandGeorgiaCollegeandStateUniversity.• Ofthe30-studentgraduat-ing glass of 2012, most were awardedfundstohelppayforthispostsecondaryeduca-tion.SomeofthescholarshipsreceivedbyBAstudentsweretheZellMillerScholarship,HOPEScholarship,NationalBetaClubScholarship,PlantersEMCScholarshipandacademic/athleticschol-arshipstoGeorgiaSouthernUniversity,FurmanUniversityandBaylorUniversity.• Ofthe33-studentgraduat-ing class of 2011, most were awardedfundstohelppayfortheirpost-secondaryeduca-

tion.SomeofthescholarshipsreceivedbyBAstudentswereaCongressionalAppointmenttotheUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy,theUniversityofGeorgiaCharterScholarship,academicand/orathleticsscholarshipstoFurmanUniversity,JacksonvilleUniversity,KentuckyChristianUniversity,aGeorgiaSouthernUniversityInternationalDiversityScholarship,severallocal organization scholar-shipsandtheHOPEScholarship.• Classof2012scoresonSATaveraged1556.Thenationalaveragewas1498.Thestateaveragewas1452.TheBullochCountySchoolSystemaveragewas1404.• Classof2012scoresontheACTaveraged21.6.Thenationalaveragewas21.1.Thestateaveragewas20.7.TheBullochCountySchoolSystemaver-agewas18.4.• Inthe2011-12schoolyear,49studentstookAPcourses.Therewereatotalof74exams,and36students(73.5percent)scoreda3orbetter.IntheBullochCountySchoolSystem,192studentstookAPcourses.Therewereatotalof237examsand95students(49.5percent)scoreda3orbetter.• Classof2011scoresontheSATaveraged1602.Thenationalaveragewas1500.Thestateaveragewas1445.• Classof2011scoresontheACTaveraged22.9.Thenationalaveragewas21.1.Thestateaveragewas20.6.• BAhasfull-timeartandmusicteachers.• Stringsprogram(Violin)forelementarymusicprogram.Stringsprogram(Guitar)forhigh-schoolmusicprogram.• AllclassroomshaveSMARTboards.• Theschoolhasthreecom-puterlabs(Lower,Upper/MiddleandMediaCenter).• CAMPS(Computer,Art,Music,PhysicalEducationandSpanish)foralllower-schoolclassesonadailyrota-tionfor40minutesperclass.• AIM(AcceleratingInquisitiveMinds)foralllowerandmiddle-schoolclasses.• PartnershipwithOeDaeLanguageSchoolinSeoul,SouthKorea,forEnglishLanguageInfusionProgram(KoreanstudentsliveinStatesborowithhostfamiliesandattendBullochAcademytohelplearnconversationalEnglish).ThesestudentshavecomeoverinJuly2011,January2012,August2012andJanuary2013.• Majorrenovationprojectforprimaryandelementary-schoolplaygrounds,spear-headedbyBAfourth-gradeteachersEileenRiceandJoieRoach,gotunderwayin2011andwas95percentcomplet-edbyDecember2012.• Multi-purposebuildingforwrestling,cheerleadingandauxiliaryphysicaleducationclasseswascompletedin2011.• Weightroomexpansion,whichalmostdoubledthesize of the facility, was com-pletedin2011.• BAphysicaleducationteachersBarbaraConnerandJessicaFletcherdevelopeda

middle-schoolArcheryteamin2011throughtheNationalArcheryInSchoolsprogram.Theteamandseveralindivid-ualarcherswonregionalandstate competitions in 2012 andcompetedatanationalcompetitioninLouisville,Ky.,in 2012. In 2013, the ele-mentaryandmiddleschoolteams won the regional com-petitionandareawaitingthestate competition.• BAhighschoolscienceteacherKarenWhittenbeganaRoboticsteamin2011.InFebruary2012,theteamfinishedeighthoutof64teamsintheinternationalregional competition in Orlando,Fla.,andwasthetop-rankedrookieteam.Theteam is preparing for the 2013 competition.

Trinity Christian School

➤ Mascot: Lions➤ Headmaster:DavidLattner

School achievements• Recordenrollmentforsec-ondstraightyear(223stu-dents)–14percentincreaseover2011-2012•SeniorCharityRuthBraywasnameda2013NationalMeritCommendedScholarbasedonherscoreonthePSATasajunior.•Classof2013(11mem-bers)SATAverage:1719(574Math,568CriticalReading,577Writing);274pointsaboveGeorgiastateaverageof1445.•2012STARStudentAnneTannerMurrayandSTARTeacherSandyKentwererecognizedbystateRep.JanTankersley,R-Brooklet,atHonorsChapelinMay2012andwerepresentedwithres-olutionspassedbytheGeorgiaGeneralAssemblyin their honor.•SeniorCharityRuthBrayhasbeennamedtheTCSSTARStudentfor2013andhaschosenkindergartenteacherMrs.ShannonCoffeyasherSTARTeacher.•In2012-2013TCSfieldedteamsinboysandgirlscrosscountry,girlsvolleyball,boysandgirlsswimming,boysandgirls basketball, softball, boys soccerandcheerleading.•TheJVboysbasketballteam won first place in the ApplingChristianAcademyJVTip-OfftournamentinNovember2012.FreshmanMicahSmithwasnamedtour-namentMVP.•CollegeacceptancesforClassof2013(thusfar):UniversityofGeorgia,GeorgiaTech,UniversityofSouthCarolina,CovenantCollege,ArtInstituteofAtlanta,UniversityofLouisiana-Monroe,GeorgiaSouthernUniversity•SeniorRandyChannellwasselectedfortheAll-StateChorusfor2013.•TheTCSMiddleSchoolMath Team took first place (outof29DivisionIIIteams) at the 2012 GeorgiaSouthernUniversityMathMeet.TCSalsoheldfiveofthetopsixindividualplaces(outof110students)forMiddleSchoolDivisionIII.


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Earnestine Williams serves up some lasagna to Statesboro High students during lunch in August 2012.


Bulloch Academy first-graders Emily Nguyen, right, Sopie Strickland, center, and Katherine Whitlock, all 7, make their way through the hallways to watch a Dr. Seuss video during a schoolwide celebration in March 2012.

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East Georgia State College gets new presidentSpecial to the Herald

Robert G. Boehmer has been named by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents as the fifth president of East Georgia State College. The Regents’ decision followed a recommendation by University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby and ends the interim status Boehmer has held since November 2011. “I am delighted that Bob has made such a tremen-dous impression at East Georgia State College,” Huckaby said. “The Board of Regents’ decision to change his title from inter-im to permanent president is the right course and reflects on his solid perfor-mance over the past

months. The college is ready to move forward under his leadership as the permanent president.” Boehmer added: “I am honored by the trust placed in me by the chancellor, the Board of Regents and the East Georgia State College community. I look forward to our continued growth and advancement, particu-larly as we expand our access mission and attain our goal of creating a more educated Georgia.” East Georgia has 2,944 students enrolled this semester, including 1,686 in the Statesboro campus. While the college has had a presence in Statesboro, on the Georgia Southern University campus, since 1998, East Georgia opened its own building on U.S.

Highway 301 South about a year ago. Prior to being named interim president at East Georgia, Boehmer

served as associate provost for academic planning at the University of Georgia, beginning in 2010. He also served as UGA’s liaison to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and as a trustee and mem-ber of the commission’s executive committee. Boehmer joined the fac-ulty of UGA’s Terry College of Business in 1989 and was promoted to full professor of legal studies in 2004. He was appointed as UGA’s

associate provost for institu-tional effectiveness in 2001. His role was expanded to include oversight of UGA’s extended campuses in 2007. He holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law, which he received in 1977. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) degree from the University of Oregon School

of Business Administration in 1974. Before becoming a faculty member at UGA, he practiced law in Oregon for more than 10 years and was a partner in an Oregon law firm. Boehmer has served as chairman of the Regents Advisory Committee on Effectiveness and Accreditation, which advises the Regents on institutional

effectiveness and regional accreditation, including quality enhancement, stu-dent learning outcomes, comprehensive program review, assessment practices, continuous improvement, accreditation compliance and public accountability. He has received numer-ous awards for teaching excellence including the Richard Russell Teaching Award from UGA, the Teacher of the Year and the MBA Teacher of the Year awards from the Terry College of Business, the Hatten-Howard award from the University’s Honors Program and selection as a Lilly Teaching Fellow. Boehmer and his wife, Joyce, have two adult daughters, Megan and Beth, who live in Oregon.

Boehmer

East Georgia State College

➤ President:RobertG.Boehmer➤ Fall2012enrollment:2,944students(1,686inStatesboro)➤ MainCampus:Swainsboro➤ Newestdegreeoffered:BachelorofScienceinbiology➤ Programsofstudyoffered:21➤ Brief history: Emanuel County Junior College opened inSwainsboroin1973.BecameEastGeorgiaCollegein1988.OperatedStatesboroCenter onGeorgia SouthernUniversitycampus starting in 1997. Satellite campus opened on U.S.Highway 301 South, Statesboro, in 2011. Became EastGeorgiaStateCollegein2012.

Special to the Herald

The Georgia WebMBA, the online Master of Business Administration program offered by Georgia Southern University and five other members of the University System of Georgia, was ranked No. 15 in the Top 25 Best Value Online MBA pro-grams by BusinessMBA.org, an online resource contain-ing information and rank-ings about the nation’s best business schools and MBA programs. “We are very excited to be recognized by BusinessMBA.org as a ‘Best Value’ online MBA,” said Ronald Shiffler, the dean of

Georgia Southern University’s College of Business Administration. “Overall, the Georgia WebMBA adds significant value for our students in several ways — through accredita-tion, afford-ability and team-based learning. After 11 years of deliver-ing our online program, we work continuously to ensure our students are receiving a top-quality edu-cation at a price they can afford.”

Georgia Southern offers the Georgia WebMBA through the College of

Business Administration.

The program ranks ahead of online MBA programs from the University of Memphis and

Mississippi State

University. Arizona State

University’s program took the No. 1 ranking. For more information about the Georgia WebMBA program, visit: www.coba.georgiasouthern.edu/mba.

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GSU students approve fees

By JEFF [email protected]

Donning pairs of 3D shades, professors with Ogeechee Technical College sat in a darkened room in September to test-drive their newest tool for teach-ing. Before making its debut in the classroom, one of three high-tech comput-ers purchased by the col-lege hummed on the con-ference center floor, pro-jecting interactive and immersive three-dimen-sional images on the big screen. Without using inordinate amounts of time, or getting the least bit messy, educa-tors slowly picked apart a human eye, revealing its inner workings, down to individual nerves. They trekked with a red blood cell through the human body, bypassing major organs along the way. They even disassembled an internal combustion engine, leaving scattered pistons, crankshafts and spark plugs in their wake. The group watched as 360-degree models of the human skeleton, stars, plan-ets and animals twirled just in front of their eyes — or, at least, the 3D glasses made those images appear much closer than they were. Teachers used the oppor-tunity to try their own hands operating software that customer-service repre-sentatives, on hand for the demonstration, say is changing the way students learn. “An advantage to using this 3D technology in edu-cation, according to several studies, is it raises test scores and retention rates,” said John Reeves, the direc-tor of medical programs for Vizitech USA, the Eatonton, Ga.-based tech-nology company that pro-duces the computers. Reeves was at OTC to help train teachers on the new hardware. “It does so because of the visual experience involved with it,” he said. “When pre-sented with something visu-ally, up close, more neurons

fire in the brain, making the information, or event, more memorable.” Faculty and staff at Ogeechee Tech, and in sev-eral other schools in Georgia, seem to agree. Ogeechee Tech has agreed to purchase a computer for each of the college’s prima-ry buildings — three cur-rently, and a fourth that will be bought later — to be used by instructors whenev-er necessary. “The reason we’ve pur-chased these computers is to allow students who are more hands-on, visual learners to actually see what they’re being taught,” said Charlene Lamar, the col-lege’s vice president of aca-demic affairs. “If you’re try-ing to explain a heart, or teach how the axle of a car works, then you can use this hardware to show students exactly how everything operates, fits in and works together. “The programs cover everything from health to industrial fields. It covers the whole spectrum of what we do here — even math,” she continued. “I would say that just about all of our students will be exposed to this new tech-nology.” Included on the comput-ers are programs that play high definition, 3D videos, PowerPoint presentations and allow students to view, construct or deconstruct items in a three-dimension-al world. Teachers say there is no doubt that the new machines will make appear-ances in classrooms very soon. “We’ll absolutely use the software,” said Jan Martin, the director of OTC’s Radiology Program and an instructor. “We will use it in our procedures and physics labs. “We teach, when stu-dents come in, procedures to X-ray patients. So the anatomy portion of the hardware will come in very handy,” she said. “Students can actually look at bones, look at organs and take everything apart them-selves.”

By HOLLI DEAL BRAGG and MATT [email protected] [email protected]

After Georgia Southern University students voted in September to pay a fee to support a move to col-lege football’s highest level, two steps remained. One came a few weeks later, in November, when the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved of the fees the students voted for: a $75 per-semester activity fee to pay for the move to the Football Bowl Subdivision. The other is still out there: an invitation to join an FBS conference. The Georgia Southern Eagles are currently in the Football Championship Subdivision. Students also voted to fund expansion of the Allen E. Paulson Stadium by 6,200 seats and a new deck, as well as to fund “sustainability and green efforts on campus.” If the Board of Regents approves in April, the sus-tainability and greens efforts ($10 per student) would go into effect in fall 2013. The stadium improve-ment fee ($25 per student) also was approved by the board in November, and it will take effect next fall. The $75 per-student, per-semester fee support-ing the move to FBS would not go into effect unless the university receives an invitation to join an FBS conference. “This is a big hurdle,” said GSU President Brooks Keel, who spoke after the vote was announced at noon Friday, Sept. 28, at the Russell Student Union Rotunda. “It is an unbe-lievable statement our stu-dents have made. I don’t think there is anything they could have possibly done to speak louder.” The fees lured about 55 percent of eligible voters to vote online. A record 9,390 students cast votes. About 70.4 percent of the voters approved adding 6,300 seats and a new stu-dent deck to Paulson Stadium. About 74.7 percent of voting students approved the sustainability and greens fees, and 61.2 per-cent of students voting said “yes” to funding the move to FBS status. After Dominique Quarles, the president of the university’s Student Government Association, announced the results, a small crowd of students who gathered to hear the news cheered loudly. Zoe McFall, 20, a pre-nursing student from Douglasville, said she voted “yes” on all three measures. “Gotta support those Eagles,” she said. “This is a big turn in the history of

GSU.” Keel said the increase is “the first major increase (at the university) in years.” Students ran a website, went door to door to gen-erate interest and voting participation, and had signs on campus promot-ing the voting opportunity. If the Eagles move to the FBS level, Georgia Southern will garner more national attention, Keel said. “That’s what I am par-ticularly excited about,” he said. The move also would make it possible to recruit the best athletes, he said. GSU head football coach Jeff Monken was all smiles during the announcement. “I think it’s great for the university to have a stu-dent-led vote, and be able to voice their hopes and dreams,” he said. “It’s fan-tastic the students were able to vote their opinion on what they think is important.” Expansion of the stadi-um is expected to be well under way by the next foot-ball season begins. The $25 per-semester fee will be in

effect until the estimated $9 million cost is paid. The lower level of the north stands would be widened with an addition-al 3,000 seats, and an upper deck would be con-structed, adding another 4,000 seats. A walkway would be created at the lower level, displacing roughly 800 seats, so a net gain of 6,200 seats would be added to the facility. With seating capacity currently listed at 14,444, Paulson Stadium would eclipse 20,000 seats. “Right now there’s 14,400 seats or so, but we’ve averaged, in the last two years, over 19,000 fans per game,” Monken said. “We had 20,000-plus for the opener (against Jacksonville), and that’s a lot of people in the stadi-um without a seat.” Paulson Stadium also plays host to non-sporting events. The 2012 spring com-mencement ceremony had an estimated attendance of 23,000. National musical acts, most recently The Fray and The Band Perry, per-form regularly at the venue.

Currently, GSU students’ access to sporting events is included in their athletic fees. There are 4,000 reserved student seats, according to GSU sports information director Barrett Gilham, meaning only roughly 25 percent of fee-paying stu-dents have access to a seat at football games. The sustainability fee will be used for “retrofit-ting buildings, low-flow shower heads, relamping, etc., to make the university more water- and energy-efficient. It also will aid in pro-motional efforts to encour-age a green lifestyle all across campus such as advertisements reminding students, faculty and staff to turn off lights and run-ning water when not in use,” according to Georgia Southern’s website. “Our students these days are very concerned about the environment and the sustainability of the environment we have,” Keel said. “Those funds will provide resources and educational opportunities to help determine how this campus becomes more environmentally sensitive.”


The Georgia Southern football team takes the field against Elon on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at Paulson Stadium. Students voted the following week to approve a $75 per-semester fee that would be imposed should GSU be invited to an FBS conference, a $25 per-semester fee to pay for the expansion of Paulson, and a $10 per-semester fee to pay for environmentally friendly initiatives at the university.

3D technology comes to OTC

SPECIAL

Alex Harris, left, a business management instructor, and John Witherington, a hotel/restaurant/tourism manage-ment instructor, watch a demonstration of a three-dimen-sional imaging educational tool for Ogeechee Technical College faculty in September.

WebMBA a ‘best value’ the dangers of drinking and dunking


After playing basketball while wearing goggles to simulate alcohol intoxication, Bulloch Academy students Jaylen Evans, center left, Chris Young, center right, and Anna Newton, right, answer questions from Taylor Collins about their experience.

By JEFF [email protected]

Less than one year removed from garnering approval by the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents to offer degrees in civil, electrical and mechanical engineer-ing at Georgia Southern University, school staff announced a major shake-up to the college’s internal structure in March 2012.

President Brooks Keel and university staff announced in a press con-ference at the university’s Performing Arts Center the formation of the new Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology.

The new college com-bines high-demand degree programs in engi-neering and computer sci-ences to better meet edu-cational and training needs of the state and region, according to Keel.

“This has been a change in the making for more than 30 years,” Keel said. “To be able to merge these to two programs into one — to allow those disciplines to come together in very impor-tant and collaborative ways — is truly, truly unique; unique not only in this part of the state, but in the country.”

“To think what that will mean for the educa-tional and training

opportunities for the stu-dents that will be enroll-ing in these programs is absolutely fantastic,” he said.

The new Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology supplants the former Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology — which was renamed — and includes seven degree programs (civil, electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science, infor-mation technology, and masters programs in applied engineering and computer science).

“Georgia Southern’s strategic vision is to be recognized as one of the best doctoral research universities in the country – and that is an ambitious vision,” said then-Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Ted Moore. “In order to do that, we have to excel in all three aspects of our mission. The announce-ments today are very important components of that strategy.”

“The alignment that results in combining engi-neering and information technology means several strong academic depart-ments will reside in our new College of Engineering and Information Technology,” Moore said, at the announcement ceremony.

“That spells synergy, ladies and gentleman. The total will well exceed the sum of the separate parts.”

By combining the two programs, Georgia Southern’s engineering students will have access to a state-of-the-art edu-cation, according to Keel.

“This will provide our students an opportunity to receive a unique educa-tion by blending these programs,” he said. “Digital is the way things are going to go and I think we all know that. This gives our students a great chance and to be uniquely trained and more competitive after college.”

In forming the new college, the university changed the name of the former Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology to the College of Science and Mathematics. The college houses Georgia Southern’s biology, chemistry, geolo-gy/geography, military science, physics, pre-med-ical/pre-dental and math-ematical sciences degree programs.

Dr. Mohammad Davoud was named the interim dean of the new college.

“This is truly exciting time for us. The College of Engineering and Information Technology will be a nationally recog-nized leader in the area of

student-centric, applica-tion-based teaching a research,” Davoud said. “This college will foster learning, and technologi-cally and economically enrich our community.”

Approximately 2,078 students are currently a part of the new College of Engineering and Information Technology, which employees 38 full-time faculty.


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In this April 2011 file photo, Georgia Southern University graduate student Spencer Harp, left, grinds an aluminum fender mount for a better fit as he and the rest of his team prepare a Baja vehicle built for a national competition. During a March 2012 announcement about the creation of the Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology, President Brooks Keel said he wanted Georgia Southern students to know how to build things as well as engineer them.

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Victoria McCullough, left, and Brittany Powell find family in the stands during Ogeechee Technical College 2012 Spring Commencement at Hanner Fieldhouse.

OTC graduates largest class yetBy BROCK D. VICKERSHerald correspondent Ogeechee Technical College filled Georgia Southern University’s Hanner Fieldhouse with its largest graduating class in history in May 2012. Four hundred students were awarded degrees, cer-tificates, or GED diplomas at the commencement cer-emony. Barry Turner, the col-lege’s vice president for community college rela-tions, said it was a sight to see, as Hanner was packed from rafter to rafter. “We had the largest number of graduates we have ever had for a single year…So, we had a full house tonight, and this is the most people we have ever had here and walked across the stage,” he said. The 2011-12 year was one of growth for

Ogeechee as enrollment grew by 10.3 percent with 4,470 students attending classes, and 993 students graduating from a diplo-ma, degree, or certificate. “Graduation is a time of celebration for our students, their family and friends, and for our faculty and staff. We are all excited to acknowledge the hard work of each student in reaching this milestone,” President Dawn Cartee said. State Sen. Jack Hill, R-Reidsville, gave the com-mencement address and focused on the importance of a degree and its power to help raise students’ fis-cal possibilities. Hill chal-lenged the graduates to “expect more” of them-selves and their degree. “You are promoted, not for what you accom-plish, but for what they expect you to accomplish,” he said.

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